 Onward they came, a dark continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain summit; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering...  Gleanings from Nature - Seite 238von Willis Stanley Blatchley - 1899 - 348 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1847 - 504 Seiten
...continuous clond Of congregated myriads numherless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a hroad river headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain...Of a wild ocean in the autumn storm Shattering its hillows on a chore of rocks. — SOUTHEY. MB. Pringle, in his entertaining "African Sketches," gires... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1832 - 392 Seiten
...numberless, The rushing of whose wings is as the sound Of a bcoad river headlong in its coarse Plunger: from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean...autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks."} We are told, indeed, that during the rainy season in India insects of all kinds are sometimes... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1833 - 398 Seiten
...numberless, The rushing of whose wings is as the sound Of a uroad river headlong in its course Plunger, from a mountain summit, or the roar Of a wild ocean...autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks."§ We are told, indeed, that during the rainy season in India insects of all kinds are sometimes... | |
 | 1833 - 796 Seiten
...Against their incursions no foresight can guard — no valour defend us, The rushing of their wings is as the sound Of a broad river, headlong in its course, Plunged from a mountain e summit. One of the most formidable of these, the locust, is thus described : — " It is armed with... | |
 | John Kitto - 1835 - 344 Seiten
...the sound Of a hroad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a mountain-summit, or the roar Of the wild ocean in the autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impelled them on, Their work was done, their path of ruin past,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 476 Seiten
...continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of some broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a...mountain summit ; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumnal storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impell'd them... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 696 Seiten
...continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of some broad river, headlong in its course Plunged from a...mountain summit; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumnal storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impell'd them... | |
 | 1842 - 480 Seiten
...Arc. THE LOCUST CLOUD. Onward they came, a dark continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, Plunged from a mountain summit ; or the roar Of a...autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impell'd them on, Their work was done, their path of ruin past,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...LOCUST CLOUD. O.-cwiRD they came, a dark continuous clond Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river,...summit ; or the roar Of a wild ocean in the autumn Rtorm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impell'd them on, Their... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...CLOUD. O\ \v tun they came, a dark continuous cloud Of congregated myriads numberless, The rushing of whose wings was as the sound Of a broad river,...autumn storm, Shattering its billows on a shore of rocks. Onward they came, the winds impell'd them on, Their work was done, their path of ruin past,... | |
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